Ameet Dhillon

How FirmGuard can Secure an MSP client’s firmware and increase MRR

May 15, 2024

FirmGuard by Phoenix Technologies offers MSPs a robust BIOS firmware security solution, enhancing client protection and driving revenue growth. It secures the UEFI BIOS, a critical yet often overlooked component, reducing cybersecurity insurance costs and ensuring regulatory compliance. FirmGuard fits into existing pricing models and improves technician efficiency with features like SecureConfig. By integrating FirmGuard, MSPs can differentiate themselves, foster client loyalty, and uncover new revenue opportunities.

Critical Vulnerability in Linux XZ Utils Library

April 15, 2024

CVE-2024-3094 | CISA Alert | Ubuntu Alert
On March 28th, 2024, it was discovered that a sophisticated social engineering attack introduced a backdoor in the XZ Utils library, which provides data compression and decompression services and is included in many Linux distributions.

NIST CSF 2.0 and Firmware

April 9, 2024

FirmGuard is uniquely positioned in the marketplace to help IT administrators monitor their endpoints for firmware vulnerabilities and thus keep up with the NIST CSF Detect function (DE.CM): Assets are monitored to find anomalies, indicators of compromise, and other potentially adverse events.

Healthy Technology Solutions uses FirmGuard SecureConfig to remotely update client endpoint BIOS firmware settings

March 21, 2024

Healthy Technology Solutions (HTS) had been using FirmGuard successfully for many months to measure and monitor the status of their client endpoints, including UEFI BIOS firmware security. Within the span of less than a month, however, they suddenly had two high priority use cases for SecureConfig—which they had only recently begun to use. The specifics of the two use cases are highlighted below.

FirmGuard^® SecureCheck^™ | Antivirus For UEFI BIOS Firmware

March 18, 2024

Organizations that ignore UEFI BIOS firmware vulnerability do so at their own peril and are setting themselves up for a potentially devasting attack. But what is UEFI? How do we protect endpoints from UEFI BIOS vulnerabilities? And what types of vulnerabilities are there?

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FirmGuard^®SecureWipe securely erases endpoint HDD, SSD, and other mass storage devices

March 18, 2024

SecureWipe is a FirmGuard feature that securely erases endpoint HDD, SSD, and other mass storage devices. It is triggered remotely from the FirmGuard Portal and forensically erases all data and partitions independent of the operating system (OS).

PixieFail UEFI Flaws Expose Millions of Computers

January 18, 2024

Reference Article
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the TCP/IP network protocol stack of an open-source reference implementation of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification used widely in modern computers.

LogoFAIL Can Lead to Denial-of-Service Attack or Worse

December 7, 2023

CVE-2023-5058
A new firmware vulnerability called “LogoFAIL” has been disclosed. The flaw exists in the processing of user-supplied splash screen during system boot, which can be exploited by an attacker.

High Severity Vulnerability in HP PC BIOS

June 20, 2023

HP Bulletin | CVE-2023-26299

HP discovered a potential vulnerability in the BIOS of certain HP PC products that use AMI UEFI Firmware.

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High Severity Vulnerability in Acer Notebook Devices

June 15, 2023

Acer Article | CVE-2022-4020

A vulnerability has been discovered in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices, which may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable.

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